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Get your mean on: need a nasty nickname (probably a few)

brehobit

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Hi folks,
I'm looking for some creativity here. Say a pirate who was trying (and succeeded...) in shanghaiing someone into a "marine adventure" got his pocket picked by one of the "marks". It's a rather embarrassing thing and I wanted a cool nickname that the crew might start calling this pirate, but I'm apparently too far removed from my youth and I can't come up with anything interesting. "pushover" or something like that is too generic, and I want a "tag" that really would upset the pirate in question.

Ideas?
 

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What did he lose to the thief? He could be named after that: "Gold Coin Slim; Hey Slim, where's your gold coin?" or "Dagger Man Slim; hey Slim, you lose a dagger?" Alliteration, if possible, works well here, "Shiny Coin Slim," "Dagger Dan," etc.

Also, consider having the nickname be ironic: "Eagle-eyed Slim - nothing gets by him," or "Big Hearted Slim, he don't mind sharin' wit' those in need," or "Gold-purse Slim, he got's so much in his pouch, he don't care to spare a bit here and there, do ya Slim?"
 


Mite Box/Poor Box/Box (longer nicknames tend to get cut down in use) - as in 'Mite Box Bill' or 'Poor Box Bill' That Bill, always giving to the poor.

Throws - as 'Bill Throws' Why? Because Bill is so generous, Bill throws his money away that's why.

Poke/Pocket/Long Pockets - as 'Bill Poke' or 'Long Pockets Bill'. Poke here is period slang for pocket, remembered as 'a pig in a poke', a con of the period where a animal not suitable for meat was sold as a suckling pig in a sewn shut bag.

Rolled - As in 'Rolled Bill'. In street slang, the target of a theft is said to have been rolled.

The Mark - As in 'Bill the Mark'. In street slang, the target of a theft is called 'the Mark'. This one to me strikes me as more nasty than friendly, as for a criminal to call someone a mark is to remove him from respect and criminal association.

Personally, I'm partial to 'Jingles' above and wish I'd thought of it first.
 

Empty Pocket
Gollum or Precious
Holes
Baitless or No bait or Lureless (can't catch fish without bait)
Mark
Port Hole
The Head
 
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